Deep breaths, everybody: Obama is OK, AP's Twitter account was hacked

Adrienne LaFrance, Digital First Media

Posted:
04/23/2013 11:47:30 AM MDT

Updated:
04/23/2013 11:53:32 AM MDT

Deep breaths, everybody: Obama is OK

With many Americans still on-edge in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Boston, a flurry of panic flitted across Twitter - and momentarily tanked the stock market - after a tweet published by the Associated Press' account falsely reported that President Barack Obama had been injured in explosions at the White House. Less than seven minutes later, AP's corporate account posted a tweet explaining that the AP account had been hacked.That is a bogus @ap tweet.- AP CorpComm (@AP_CorpComm) ...